Hygrodiplosis vaccinii (Kieffer, 1897)

on Vaccinium

Vaccinium myrtillus, galls (from Houard, 1909a)

gall

The leaf margin is thickened, cartilaginous, coloured yellow or reddish, and rolled downwards. The larva is yellow or reddish. Univoltine, hibernation in the ground.

host plants

Ericaceae, narrowly (?) monophagous

Vaccinium uliginosum.

Skuhravá & Skuhravý additionally mention V. myrtillus and vitis-idaea; on these plants then there is no way to separate the galls from those of Dasineura myrtilli; but see below.

larva

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

synonyms

Clinodiplosis, Perrisia, vaccinii.

inquilines

Redfern & Shirley among others suggest the possibility that Dasineura myrtylli is a, possibly facultative, inquiline of vaccinii.

references

Barnes (1948b), Béguinot (2002h, 2012a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Gagné (2010a), Hellrigl (2006a), Houard (1909a), Kieffer (1911a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2010a,b, 2012a, 2021a: 294), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a, 2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).